100 years ago, 1917
Mayor Lemaire made out the payroll of the policemen having time to serve from April 1, approved it and took it into Treasurer Hale Friday morning, and the treasurer refused to pay it, according to a statement from the mayor’s office. The aldermen ordered the police committee to make out and confirm the payroll so that the treasurer should pay it. This was on an order drawn up by Alderman Saunders and presented Thursday night. Mayor Lemaire asserts that he is the police committee chairman, majority et al. How? Why, because the court has enjoined Aldermen Coombs and Kelleher from further participation in police affairs and, therefore, he, the mayor, constitutes the only member of the committee legally competent to conduct business of that committee. In other words, the police committee has become a one-man committee.

50 years ago, 1967
“Discover a quiet elegance in shopping” is the slogan of the T. J. Murphy Fur Co. which observes its 94th anniversary this year by moving to a larger and better equipped location on Lisbon Street. The fur company, which started as a men’s haberdashery business at Ash and Lisbon streets in 1873, is now exclusively a woman’s shop. The original name of the store was Foss and Murphy, and the name was changed when T. J. Murphy bought out his partner in 1875. The new location is at the former Senter, Giroux, Canniff and Co. building at 168-174 Lisbon Street.

25 years ago, 1992
The largest health-care security event north of Boston, Expo ’92, was recently held at the Ramada Conference Center in Lewiston. Fifteen vendors from the eastern United States displayed the latest technology available for security operations. Security and law enforcement departments and agencies toured the display area and spoke with company representatives.

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